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Abstract
Ultra-reliable low latency communication (URLLC) is an innovative service
offered by fifth-generation (5G) wireless systems. URLLC enables various
mission-critical applications by facilitating reliable and low-latency signal
transmission to support extreme Quality of Service (QoS) requirements. Apart
from reliability and latency, ensuring secure data transmission for URLLC has
been a prominent issue for researchers in recent years. Using finite
blocklength signals to achieve the stringent reliability and latency criteria
in URLLC eliminates the possibility of using conventional complex cryptographic
security enhancement techniques based on encoding and decoding of secret keys.
Thus, the development of lightweight security mechanisms is of paramount
importance for URLLC. Recently, Physical-Layer Security (PLS) techniques have
emerged as a powerful alternative to the complex cryptography-based security
approaches for facilitating secure URLLC by exploiting the randomness of the
wireless channel. Therefore, in this survey, we present a comprehensive and
in-depth review of the state-of-the-art PLS enhancements utilized to unleash
secure URLLC while analyzing the impact of various system design parameters on
its performance. Moreover, the survey incorporates a detailed overview of the
recent advancements in ensuring secure URLLC using PLS in various
mission-critical applications, and 5G URLLC enabling technologies like
non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA), multi-antenna systems, cooperative
communication using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), and intelligent reflective
surfaces (IRS). Apart from this, we briefly discuss the role of advanced
Machine Learning (ML) techniques in designing robust and intelligent PLS
schemes for URLLC service.